Flatiron holder



Feb. 23, 1943. A. P. SMITH 2,311,974

FLATIRON HOLDER Filed Nov. 24, 1941 INVENTOR. 5 ALTON P SMJTH ,ATTY.

' Patented Feb. 23, 1943 FLATIRON HOLDER Alton P. Smith, Wichita, Kans., assignor of onehalf to Peter T. Cantrell, WichitmKans.

Application November 24, 1941, Serial No. 420,259

2 Claims.

stances, and in such a form as to, minimize the cost of manufacture, and furthermore to provide a simple means to assemble the parts together after the same have been removed from the box in which they were compactly arranged for shipping.

These and other objects will hereinafter be more fully explained, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters will apply to like parts in the different views.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the flatiron holder in which is positioned an electric iron. 1

Fig. 2 is a front view of'the holder with iron removed.

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the holder, a portion of the asbestos lining being removed for convenience of illustration.

Fig. 4 is a side view of the holder.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-'5 in Fig. 2'. i

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on line B-6 in Fig. 2.

' This invention herein disclosed relates to an improved iron holder and consists of a'vertically positioned depressed structure to function as the back for the iron holder, said structure comprising a rectangular frame portion 1 adapted to being attached to a wall structure, or the like, by any suitable means passing through apertures 2 that are positioned in the upper extremity of the frame. The inner edges of the frame are integrally joined to an offset or inclined wall 3 for the purpose of supporting a plate 4 a spaced distance from the structure to which the holder is attached for insulation purpose.

Horizontally positioned and integrally joined to the lower extremity of the plate 4 is a substantially rectangular shelf 5 to function as a. seat for an electric iron 6 as positioned thereon. It will be understood that the smooth face of the iron will confront the plate 4 but not necessarily contact the same, as a flange member 1 adjacent each edge of the plate 4 will prevent the iron from falling outward. One end of each flange engages in an elongated slot that is positioned in the slanting wall of the holder and secured thereinby a screw 8 that passes through a slot 9 in the end of the flange and threadedly engages in the wall 3. The other ends of the flanges curve toward each other, engaging against the back of the iron to retain the same on the shelf as positioned between the flanges. Positioned at the back of plate 4, or in the depression formed by the offset of the wall is an asbestos lining H3 appropriately adhered there to as a further protection against heat conducting to the holder supporting structure.

Removably secured to the under side of the shelf 5 is a rack on which the electric cord ll of the iron may be wound, said rack consisting of a pair of oppositely extending arcuate arms I? integral with a base portion it, that is apertured, through which a screw i l will extend and threadedly engage into the shelf 5; the removably arranged flanges and the rack, being so.

arranged, is means whereby the parts of the holder may be compactly arranged for ship-' ping.

The holder is preferably made from plastic substance so that the same may be sturdy and void of a large number of parts; and furthermore the plastic substance is a poor conductor of heat as a safety feature for storing hot irons.

Modifications may be made as lie within the scope of the appended claims.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a flatiron holder of the class described, the elements of the holder being cast from plastic material comprising a depressed plate, the

depression being filled with a fire proof element, the plate having a shelf integrally joined adjacent its lower extremity and extending at right angle from said plate, a cord rack secured to the underside of said shelf whereby an electric cord may be wound thereon, and a pair of solid flange elements spaced apart and detachably secured to. the plate, said flanged elements arced inward toward each other to function as holders for a flatiron seated on the shelf so that the ironing face of the flatiron will confront in close relation to the plate where depressed, and

the substance filling the depression functioning the said shelf having a cord rack removably secured to the underside thereof, a pair of solid flanged retainers for a flatiron when the latter is seated on the shelf, said flanged retainers arced inward toward each other, each to engage over its respective side or the flatiron and the said flanges being removably secured to the outer extending portion of the plate and outwardly disposed to each other, all as and tor the pur- 10 pose specified.

ALTON P. SMITH. 

